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Becrux
Mimosa, Beta Crucis
A
variable
blue
star
lying more than 350
light years
away, in the
constellation
of the
Southern Cross
.
Becrux
is the second
brightest
of the four
stars
that make up
Crux
, the
Southern Cross
. Like all
Crux'
stars
, it occupies a dense region of the
Milky Way
, and lies near the
Jewel Box
cluster
.
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Alpha Centauri
Crux
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